Human Embryology

This basic textbook of human embryology covers both clinical and molecular biological aspects of human development. It offers in-depth, thorough coverage of the latest information, including separate sections in each chapter on clinical relevance and experimental studies. HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY also features a first-rate, four-color art program with superb photographs and electronmicrographs.

Master the concepts you need to know with Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Dr. Bruce M. Carlson's clear explanations provide an easy-to-follow "road map" through the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, giving you a deeper understanding of the key information you need to know for your courses, exams, and ultimately clinical practice. Visualize normal and abnormal development with hundreds of superb clinical photos and embryological drawings. Access the fully searchable text online, view animations, answer self-assessment questions, and much more at www.studentconsult.com. Grasp the molecular basis of embryology, including the processes of branching and folding - essential knowledge for determining the root of many abnormalities. Understand the clinical manifestations of developmental abnormalities with clinical vignettes and Clinical Correlations boxes throughout. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

This book presents in-depth coverage of both the clinical and molecular biological aspects of human development. It examines the relationship between basic science and embryology, and describes potential clinical disorders arising out of embryologic problems. A strong clinical focus, practical design, and superb artwork-with more than 150 images new to this edition-allow for quick comprehension and easy application of the latest knowledge in this rapidly advancing field. A user-friendly design enables you to review the material in several ways, and online access to Student Consult enhances your study of the subject and exponentially boosts your reference power. Follows a user-friendly design allowing students to review material in flexible ways and instructors to tailor the book to their specific needs. Reflects the most current advances in molecular biology and genetics. Offers chapters with illustrated timelines of the relevant embryologic stage. Contains a high-quality full-color art program, with excellent line diagrams with a three-dimensional aspect, many color photographs of clinical disorders, excellent black and white electronphotomicrographs, and line drawings showing sequential stages of development. Presents clinical cases in each chapter that place the content into a real-life context. Begins each chapter with a summary providing at-a-glance reference to key information. Features Clinical Tasters following the summaries at the start of each chapter that present a clinical case example related to the material for that chapter. Offers new chapters covering morphogenesis and dysmorphogenesis, for expanded explanations of the making of an embryo, focusing on cell-cell signaling pathways. Emphasizes important content through clinical (In the Clinic) and research (In the Lab) boxes - many new to this edition. Concludes each chapter with lists of references for further in-depth study. Includes access to Student Consult at www.studentconsult.com, where you'll find the complete text and illustrations of the book online, and fully searchable . "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles . 200 USMLE-style questions to help you assess your mastery of the material . embryology animations that bring the topic to life . and much more!

Bruce Carlson’s Human Embryology and Developmental Biology is one of the most detailed texts available for those who want to truly understand both the morphological and molecular aspects of human embryological development. Fully updated in its seventh edition, the book provides a thorough grounding in all aspects of embryology. It presents in detail the molecular and cellular basis for embryological processes, from early development through to development of body systems. It covers examples of congenital malformations and their underlying mechanisms, and comes complete with clinical vignettes and review questions to support learning. This book will suit medical and science students taking embryology courses as well as scientists and clinicians who find themselves returning to this topic throughout their careers. Clear and consistent writing style – highly readable and well-focused Extensively illustrated to demystify complex topics Good selection of original photographs of congenital anomalies to assist with identification Review questions and suggested readings for further learning Series of animations of complex embryological processes to accompany the text explanations Clinical correlation boxes, vignettes and summary boxes for quick revision Many new drawings and photographs Thoroughly updated with recent research to advance understanding Expanded treatment of newly understood molecular pathways. Major updates on gametes, body axis formation, placental pathology, adipose tissue, intestinal and facial development

The Fundamentals of Human Embryology covers embryonic development, with a unique focus on adult anatomy. Its goal is to impart to students a comprehensive overview of how the human embryo forms, not only as a basis for the student of human anatomy, but also as a link to abnormalities they may encounter in their clinical careers. Extensively illustrated with labeled line drawings, now enlarged for better visibility, this concise manual will meet the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the human sciences. Special features include separate chapters on the neural crest, the skull, and osteogenesis; and in-depth coverage of head and neck embryology, including the development of the tooth, for students of dentistry, and speech and audiology. This second edition contains larger diagrams, revised text that complies with the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology's changes to the Terminologia Embryologica, altered sequencing of some topics to allow the development to flow more logically, and included an appendix of color photographs of congenital abnormalities to help students form a more realistic idea of developmental abnormalities.

The book provides basic fundamental information on development anatomy, which is necessary for understanding the essential features of development of various tissues, organs and human body as a whole. It is supplemented with color diagrams which correlate well with the text for proper understanding of the developmental events. A chapter on Basic Genetics is also included in this book (written by the Genetist, Dr. Arundhati Sharma). The chapter includes the fundamentals of genetics and an overview of genes responsible for diseases, congenital defects and their pattern of inheritance. The chapters have been arranged in such a way that the development events from the time of conception till birth are covered in a sequential manner

In the years since its first publication, O'Rahilly and Muller's Human Embryology and Teratology has been widely praised as an exceptional reference on normal and abnormal human prenatal development. This revised and expanded Third Edition offers more in-depth coverage of the central topics in human embryology and incorporates the latest data from ongoing embryological investigations. Authored by two of the world's foremost authorities on the human embryo, this new edition provides a comprehensive overview of general and systemic development, referring throughout to the internationally accepted Carnegie system of embryonic staging. Extensively illustrated, the book features nearly 400 figures, including detailed, color-enhanced line drawings that clarify the developmental processes of every major organ and system. Useful recommendations for additional reading are listed at the end of each chapter. The Third Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include: * Elaboration of the nervous system to conform to the second edition of the authors' The Embryonic Human Brain * Reorganization of the chapters on the heart and eye, and clarification of the liver, vertebrae, and neuroteratology * Expanded tables explaining the initial appearance of features in each body system * Further indications of precise embryonic stages * 35 new drawings and 27 new photomicrographs in color * Numerous new references * Updated terminology, standardized according to the accepted usage The undisputed authority on human embryology and embryonic abnormalities, Human Embryology and Teratology, Third Edition belongs in the library of every physician, biologist, student, and research scientist whose research is concerned with human anatomical development. Its authoritative, concise, and thoroughly illustrated presentation also makes it an ideal reference for practitioners in all medical and surgical subspecialties.